wrote:
Rusty wrote:
Forty years ago today, March 23, 1965, Gus Grissom and John Young
were
launched into orbit aboard the Molly Brown (Gemini 3). Gus
performed
the first orbital maneuvers with a manned spacecraft and John
offered
Gus a corned beef sandwich. I remember reading somewhere that the
sandwich (with a bite out of it) was preserved in plexiglas.

Rusty
almost correct! there is no bite missing.

So when they observed the crumbs starting to float around the cabin,
they
put the sandwich away, without tasting it.

But later crews did make sandwiches. I remember seeing a video of a TV
broadcast from Apollo 11 on the way to the moon. Buzz Aldin was
spreading
something (peanut butter? deviled ham?) on a slice of bread to show how
the crew prepared some of their food in space.

Thanks for the confirmation that the Molly Brown corned beef sandwich
was
preserved.

Rusty